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CONTINUING
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Helping you to
become a truly
collaborative
Professional
in Health and
Social Care
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WELCOME
OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY offers a number of opportunities for CPD in the form of
academic modules, conferences or workshops. We are pleased to be able to offer a wide range
of clinical and non-clinical courses including excellent leadership and management provision to
ensure health and social care professionals are educated and developed within an environment of
evidence based practice, clinical competence, care and compassion.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
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ADVANCED AND SPECIALIST PRACTICE
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LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
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PUBLIC HEALTH AND COMMUNITY
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SPORT AND ALLIED HEALTH 22
BIOSCIENCE
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POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES
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HEALTH SCIENCES OPEN AWARD & WORK-BASED LEARNING
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HOW MODULES BUILD INTO ACADEMIC AWARDS
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CONTACT US
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KEY TO COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
L 7 or L 6
AC 60
Academic Level
Academic Credits eg 60
S 1, 2 and 3
Runs in eg Semester 1 (Sept-Dec), Semester 2 (Jan-May) and Semester 3 (Summer)
ONLINE COURSE
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CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING
IN THE FACULTY OF HEALTH AND LIFE SCIENCES,
OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY
Dear Colleague
This brochure outlines the Continuing Professional
Development activities in the health and social care
disciplines that are available in the Faculty of Health
and Life Sciences. I very much hope that you will find it
informative and that it gives you an appetite to find out
more and hopefully become one the 2,000 people who
study with us every year.
Continuing Professional Development activities
within the Faculty are designed to offer you these
opportunities whether you are aiming to develop your
skills within a local, national or international context.
We aim to develop professionals not only to work
more effectively within their own local context but
also to enable them to broaden their horizons. We
welcome students from around the UK, Europe and
the wider global community, believing that by learning
together we will gain a better understanding of how
to support and respond to a wide group of patients,
clients, students and staff, recognising and celebrating
diversity.
Studying with Oxford Brookes University will offer you
the opportunity to work with a variety of highly skilled
staff and experienced professionals from a wide variety
of health and social care backgrounds. All the staff
involved here in Continuing Professional Development
are clinically trained and work within their specialist
fields, and they have also undertaken further study to
either develop their teaching and/or research skills.
Continuing Professional Development activities range
from one-day master classes, to undergraduate
modules and short courses right through to masters
and doctoral programmes. We offer a broad portfolio of
courses to suit a wide range of different needs and aim
to be flexible in order to accommodate busy working
professionals such as you. You can study with us
full time or part time, and progress at your own pace
towards your personal goal.
Oxford Brookes University offers Continuing
Professional Development courses in a number of
specialist areas listed below:
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Advanced and Specialist Practice
Leadership, Management and Professional
Education
Public Health and Community
Sport and Allied Health
Bioscience
We aim to provide you with a vibrant and yet
supportive academic culture in order that you gain not
only profession specific skills but have the opportunity
to gain a wider range of transferable skills such as
critical appraisal skills.
I look forward to welcoming you to the Faculty.
Dr Ann Ewens
Head of Department, Applied Health and Professional
Development
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ADVANCED AND SPECIALIST PRACTICE
Acute Care of the Older Person
with Frailty
L7
PGCert
AC 60
S 1 and 2
Course Length: 2 modules (1 single and 1 double)
This PGCert will enhance your knowledge, skills and
understanding of assessment, planning, delivery and
evaluation of care relating to the management of older
patients with frailty who have complex care needs and
are being cared for in an acute care environment.
The course consists of two compulsory modules, one
single (20 credits at Level 7) and one double (40 credits
at Level 7). Both modules are delivered face to face.
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Module P44004 Care of the Deteriorating or
Acutely Unwell Adult (20 credits)
Module P44009 Care of the Older Person with
Frailty (40 credits)
Adult Intensive Care Practice
L7
PGCert
AC 60
S 1 and 2
Course Length: 2 modules (1 single and 1 double)
This PGCert will develop your knowledge, skills and
understanding of assessment, planning, delivery and
evaluation of care, relevant to the management of
critically ill patients with complex care needs being
cared for in an intensive care environment.
The course consists of two compulsory modules, one
single (20 credits at Level 7) and one double (40 credits
at Level 7). Both modules are delivered face to face.
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Module P44008 Adult Cardiorespiratory Intensive
Care Practice
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Module P44010 Dimensions of Adult Intensive Care
Practice
Advanced Communication and
Supportive Relationships
L6
AC 15
S1
Course Length: 1 single module
This course offers opportunity to develop and
consolidate your communication and relationship skills.
If you have already undertaken Communication Skills
Training workshops, then you will be able to develop
an understanding of the theoretical frameworks
underpinning practice. You will have the opportunity to
examine difficult and challenging situations from your
own practice.
The course comprises of one single module at
undergraduate level:
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Module U45572 Advanced Communication and
Supportive Relationships
Note: At Level 6 Honours, this module is a compulsory
module for the post-qualifying framework for Social
Work. Credit for this module can be used towards
gaining these awards.
Credit may be used from the Level 6 module towards
the Graduate Certificate in Palliative Care Nursing.
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Advanced History Taking and
Assessment
L7
AC 20
S 1 and 2
Course Length: 1 single module
This practice based module aims to enable students
to develop the skills and knowledge to take a
comprehensive patient history and a thorough physical
and psychosocial assessment.
This module will significantly enhance the students’
assessment skills and ability to accurately describe the
patient/client’s history and examination findings using
appropriate terminology, reporting deviations from
normal in a succinct manner to colleagues within the
multidisciplinary team.
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Module P44011 Advanced History Taking and
Assessment
Advanced Research Design
L7
AC 20
S 1 and2
Advanced Symptom
Management
L7
Course Length: 1 single module
This module aims to equip students with skills to find,
appraise and utilise research, as well as plan and
design a piece of research work. It seeks to prepare
students to define a suitable research question and to
use this as a basis for identifying appropriate research
methodologies for a small-scale research project or
dissertation. This module is designed to impart the
skills to enable students to plan and outline a rationale
for a piece of primary research, secondary analysis,
literature review or audit. It focuses on research as part
of a body of evidence used for health and social care
practice, and provides an overview of methodologies
and methods commonly used in health and social care
policies and working environments.
The course comprises one single module:
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Module P49210 Advanced Research Design
AC 20
S2
Course Length: 1 single module
This module focuses on the development of
assessment skills and on the management of
distressing symptoms in the context of life-threatening
illness. The themes of the module centre on
assessment and an evaluation of the evidence base for
interventions and the resources available to manage
them, all of which are explored in the context of clinical
practice. The module recognises the unique nature of
individual experiences of symptoms and promotes care
that responds to individual priorities.
The course comprises one single module:
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Module P40214 Advanced Symptom Management
Applied Cancer Biology
L7
AC 20
S2
Course Length: 1 single module
This module offers students with a diversity of
backgrounds the opportunity to develop an in-depth
understanding of the biology of cancer. It explores
the molecular mechanisms of cancer biology, how
those mechanisms are manifested as disease, and
current applications of cancer biological research. The
aim of the module is to enable students to engage in
professional activities where a sound knowledge of
cancer biology is required.
The course comprises one single module:
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Module P40206 Applied Cancer Biology
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Cancer Nursing
Applied Epidemiology
for Infection Prevention
and Control
L7
L6
AC 20
S1
Course Length: 1 single module
This module is designed to promote an understanding
of the principles, uses and applications of
epidemiology and its contribution to the study of the
causes and prevention of disease and the promotion of
health. This is supported by the study of the statistical
concepts used in the analysis and interpretation
of epidemiological data. The module will deliver a
thorough grounding in epidemiological research and
the basis for selecting appropriate research designs.
Critical appraisal of research is an important feature
of the module and you will be encouraged to consider
the uses of epidemiology in clinical decision making,
service development and health.
Course Length: 3 modules (1 double and 2 singles)
This Graduate Certificate is for registered nurses who
wish to develop specialist knowledge and skills in
cancer nursing. It will enable you to support patients
with cancer that have complex care needs. The course
is run over two semesters (two single modules in
Semester 1 and one double module in Semester 2) and
uses a blended approach to facilitate learning, which
includes some online learning in modules U45574 and
U47971.
The course comprises two single (s) modules and one
double (d) module:
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Module U45570 The Management of Cancer (s)
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Module U47971 Assessment and Symptom
Management (d)
Module P44622 Applied Epidemiology for Infection
Prevention and Control
Assessment and
Management of the
Adult Deteriorating Patient
L6
AC 30
S 1 and 2
Cardiorespiratory Practice
The course comprises one single module:
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GradCert
AC 60
S 1 or S2
Course Length: 2 single modules
This course offers an opportunity for UK registered
health care professionals to develop and broaden
their knowledge and skills in caring for patients and
families in acute clinical environments. The course will
examine common themes and concepts underpinning
the acutely ill or deteriorating patient, exploring issues
pertinent to acute care.
L7
PGCert
AC 60
S 1 and 2
Course Length: 2 modules (1 single and 1 double)
This PGCert will broaden your knowledge, skills and
understanding of assessment, planning, delivery
and evaluation of care relating to the management
of critically ill patients with complex care needs
being cared for in a cardiac and/or respiratory care
environment.
This course consists of a choice of one of the two
single modules on offer (each one is worth 20 credits at
Level 7) and one compulsory double module (40 credits
at Level 7). Modules are delivered face to face.
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The course comprises two single modules:
OR
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Module U47172 Introduction to Patient Assessment
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Module U47179 Adult Care of the Acutely Ill or
Deteriorating Patient
Module P44004 Care of the Deteriorating or
Acutely Unwell Adult (20 credits, alternative
module)
Module P44008 Adult Cardiorespiratory Intensive
Care Practice (20 credits, alternative module for
those working in an intensive care environment)
AND
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Module P44007 Cardiac and Respiratory Care (40
credits, compulsory module)
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Care of the Patient Receiving
Chemotherapy
L6
AC 15
Children’s High Dependency
Practice
S 1, 2, or 3
L7
PG Cert
AC 60
S 1 and 2
Course Length: 1 single module
Course Length: 2 modules (1 single and 1 double)
This is a single, practice-based course ()designed
for registered nurses who are required to administer
systemic anti-cancer treatment, or in the case of urooncology nurses intravesical anticancer treatment,
as part of their professional role. It enables you to
develop the required knowledge and skills to be able
to autonomously, safely and competently administer
cytotoxic chemotherapy. The content of this course
aligns with chemotherapy measures published by the
National Cancer Action Team (2011).
This PG Cert will develop your knowledge, skills and
understanding of assessment, planning, delivery and
evaluation of care relating to the management of
critically ill children with complex care needs being
cared for in a high dependency care environment.
The course consists of two compulsory modules; one
single (20 credits at Level 7) and one double (40 credits
at Level 7). Both modules are delivered face to face.
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Module P44017 Perspectives in Children’s High
Dependency Care
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Module P44018 Assessment and Management of
the Child requiring High Dependency Care
The course comprises one single module:
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Module U45573 Care of the Patient Receiving
Chemotherapy
Care of the Surgical Patient
L6
GradCert
AC 60
Death and Dying: Global
Perspectives
S 1 and 2
L7
AC 20
S1
Course Length: 3 modules (1 double and 2 singles)
This Graduate Certificate is for registered nurses who
wish to develop specialist knowledge and skills in the
care of surgical patients. It will enable you to support
patients undergoing surgical procedures.
The course comprises one double (d) and two single (s)
modules:
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Module U47193 Care of the Surgical Patient (d)
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Module U47172 Introduction to Patient
Assessment (s)
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Module U47179 Adult Care of the Acutely Ill or
Deteriorating Patient (s)
Course length: 1 single module
This single postgraduate module critically analyses
issues related to death and dying, drawing on crosscultural studies and the historical development of
Palliative Care policy and services. The module
promotes a critical approach to models and theories
of dying. It emphasises the Global context of Palliative
Care, and the implications of this for practice at a local
level, and for policy at a national and international
level. An understanding of the nature of dying within a
culture, and of society’s response in terms of service
provision, is essential to the practice of Palliative Care.
The course comprises one single module:
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Module P40215 Death and Dying: Global
Perspectives
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Diagnostic Reasoning in
Practice
L7
AC 20
Evidence-Based Nursing
Practice Project
S2
Course Length: 1 single module
This module enables students to critically appraise
knowledge and evidence related to diagnostic
tools and interventions used within practice. The
development of this knowledge will enable the student
to provide a theoretical base from which to make
efficient and effective decisions in relation to patients/
clients health care needs, and their management.
The course comprises one single module:
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Module P44012 Diagnostic Reasoning in Practice
Emergency Nursing Practice
L7
PGCert
AC 60
S 1 and 2
Course Length: 3 single modules
This PGCert provides the opportunity to develop your
knowledge, skills and understanding of assessment,
planning, delivery and evaluation of care relating to the
management of patients with differing care needs being
cared for in an emergency department.
The course consists of three single (20 credit)
compulsory modules. All the modules are delivered
face to face.
• Module P44019 Children’s Emergency Care (20
credits)
• Module P44020 Adult Emergency Care (20 credits)
• Module P44021 Governance in Emergency Care (20
credits)
End of Life Care
L6
AC 15
S1
Course Length: 1 single module
This course offers an introduction to end of life care
for health and social care practitioners who work in
a variety of care settings such as: the community;
nursing homes; general medicine; surgery and
oncology. It provides you with the opportunity to
develop essential knowledge and skills required to care
for patients and their families facing the end of life.
The course comprises one single module:
• Module U47973 End of Life Care
Academic credit gained from this short course can
be transferred towards the Graduate Certificate in
Palliative Care Nursing.
L7
AC 60
S 1 or 2
Course length: 60 credit module (unique to BSc
Nursing; U44177)
This module is designed to enable registered nurses
to pursue a work-based project in which they make a
sustained application of an area of evidence, research
or theory relevant to nursing practice to achieve service
improvement or development. Students will work with
University tutors and an Academic Link Tutor to explore
relevant nursing theories that might be applied, and with
a work-based facilitator to ensure an appropriate area of
practice development is identified.
In line with degree level study, students will be
encouraged to identify and apply aspects of research
evidence and theories that inform nursing practice and
which are demonstrably current and high-impact in
the sector. Relevant dimensions of research evidence
/ theories relevant to nursing that students may wish
to explore include: clinical research and evidence;
educational research, theory and evidence; concepts
of professional knowledge and competence; clinical
reasoning and decision-making; ethical aspects of
nursing practice; and patient education.
Evidence-Based Practice
L7
AC 20
S2
Course length: 1 single module
This module aims to explore and critique theories,
models and strategies for evidence-based practice,
with application to the health and social care setting.
Examination of the purposes, uses and limitations of
various approaches to evidence-based practice, with
consideration of political and economic dimensions.
Consideration of the concepts of decision-making from
the practitioner, purchaser, provider and consumer
perspectives. Exploration of some available tools
for critical-appraisal and the transfer of evidence
to professional knowledge. Sharing of the work
of experts, researchers and the student group for
discussion and critique.
The course comprises one single module:
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Module P49203 Evidence Based Practice
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Managing Patients Recieving
Systematic Anti-Cancer
Treatment
L7
AC 20
S2
Course Length: 1 single modules
Introduction to Patient
Assessment
L6
AC 15
S 1 and 2
Course Length: 1 single module
This course offers an opportunity for UK registered health
care professionals to develop and broaden their knowledge
and skills in patient assessment. You will be encouraged to
engage in self-development that assists you to meet your
individual educational and clinical needs.
This course comprises one single module:
• Module U47172 Introduction to Patient Assessment
Note: Introduction to Patient Assessment is a
foundation module for Critical and Specialist Care
short courses: Accident and Emergency Practice, Adult
Intensive Care Practice, Cardiorespiratory Practice,
Children’s High Dependency Practice, Neonatal
Practice, Neuroscience Practice and Trauma Practice.
The module is optional for Renal and Urology Practice.
Living with Cancer in
Contemporary Society
L7
AC 20
S1
Course length: 1 single module
This module provides an insight into how the preoccupations of late modern society shape perceptions
and experience of cancer at the social, cultural and
individual level. Key themes include: heightened
perceptions of cancer risk and increasing surveillance,
self-monitoring and self-regulation; cancer as an
embodied experience and a challenge to self identity;
cancer narratives and biographical reconstruction; the
cancer journey and survivorship; the good death and
the meaning of mortality; and media representations of
cancer. Students will have the opportunity to interview
a cancer survivor, carer or health professional and to
engage in debates about contemporary issues in the
experience of cancer.
The course comprises one single module:
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Module P40204 Living with Cancer in Contemporary
Society
This module offers students who are registered health
professionals the opportunity to develop an in-depth
understanding of systematic anti-cancer treatments
(SACTs). It explores the biological mechanisms
targeted by SACTs, the mechanism of action of SACT
and treatment efficacy and side effects of individual
drugs. The module focuses on the use of stratified
healthcare, based on pharmacogenomics data, and the
management of treatment-related toxicities in patients
receiving SACTS, illustrated by patient case studies.
The aim of the module is to provide students with
in-depth knowledge of managing the care of patients
receiving SACTs.
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Module P40208 Managing Patients Recieving
Systematic Anti-Cancer Treatment
Mastering Professional Nursing
Practice
L7
AC 20
S1
Course Length: 1 single modules
Through examining the nature of professional practice,
including the concepts and theoretical perspectives
of their own profession each student will be able to
blend this knowledge with their own experiences to
arrive at a new way of knowing and enacting their
professional role. This module enables students who
are registered health care professionals to analyse and
debate key theories and issues in the advancement
of their professional practice. They will examine
developments within their professional field and in
relation to their own role. They will be supported in
the enhancement of self-awareness and personal/
professional growth through the use of strategies
that include reflective practice and critical thinking.
Students will be facilitated in analysing and debating
real issues from their practice, using student-centred
learning approaches such as online action learning and
online group discussion. The structure of this module
will be designed to allow uni-professional groups to
work together in examining their own profession from
the perspective of contemporary theories and concepts
within that profession. Profession specific materials
and resources will therefore be developed for each
professional group accessing the module.
This module is compulsory for the awards of PG Cert/
PG Dip/MSc in Nursing Studies.
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Module P49202 Mastering Professional Nursing
Practice
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Minor Illness and Injury
Management
L7
PGCert
AC 60
Orthopaedic Practice
L7
S 1, 2 and 3
Course Length: 2 modules (1 single and 1 double)
This PGCert will enhance your knowledge, skills, and
understanding of assessment, planning, delivery, and
evaluation of care of patients and families in minor
injury and/or minor illness environments. The course
consists of two compulsory modules, one single (20
credits) and one double (40 credits). Both modules
are delivered face to face and make use of online
resources.
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PGCert
AC 60
S 1 and 2
Course Length: 2 modules (1 single and 1 double)
This PGCert will expand your knowledge, skills and
understanding of assessment, planning, delivery and
evaluation of care relating to the management of
patients with complex care needs being cared for in an
orthopaedic care environment.
The course consists of two compulsory modules, one
single (20 credits at Level 7) and one double (40 credits
at Level 7). Both modules are delivered face to face.
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Module P44011 Advanced History Taking and
Assessment (20 credits)
Module P44004 Care of the Deteriorating or
Acutely Unwell Adult (20 credits)
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Module P44006 Orthopaedic Care (40 credits)
Module P44015 Assessing and Managing Minor
Illnesses (40 credits)
Renal and Urology Practice
Neonatal Practice
L7
PGCert
AC 60
L7
S 1 and 2
Course Length: 2 modules (1 single and 1 double)
This PGCert will develop your knowledge, skills and
understanding of assessment, planning, delivery and
evaluation of care relating to the management of
critically ill patients with complex care needs being
cared for in a neonatal care environment. The course
consists of two compulsory modules, one single (20
credits) and one double (40 credits). Both modules are
delivered face to face.
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Module P44022 Recognition, Stabilisation and
Transport of the ‘At Risk’ Neonate (20 credits)
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Module P44023 Neonatal High Dependency and
Intensive Care Practice (40 credits)
PGCert
AC 60
S 1 and 2
Course length: 2 modules (1 single and 1 double)
This PGCert will broaden your knowledge, skills and
understanding of assessment, planning, delivery and
evaluation of care relating to the management of
patients with complex care needs being cared for in
the renal or urology environment. At Oxford Brookes
University you will able to learn by participating in
clinical practice activities within your own renal or
urology practice area and develop new clinical skills in
the process. The course consists of two compulsory
modules, one single (20 credits) and one double (40
credits). Both modules are delivered face to face.
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Module P44004 Care of the Deteriorating or
Acutely Unwell Adult (20 credits)
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Module P44005 Renal and Urology Care (40 credits)
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Tackling Cancer: UK and
International Perspectives
L7
AC 20
S2
Course length: 1 single module
This module explores the ways in which societies
and social institutions have attempted to understand,
manage and control cancer. Key themes include
defining and describing cancer and its distribution in
populations; risks, causes and prevention of cancer
(individual and environmental approaches); cancer
treatments and the organisation of treatment services;
ethical and legal issues in cancer care and research;
and cancer policies. An international and comparative
approach will be taken throughout with case studies
drawn from different historical periods and cultural
traditions. Students will have the opportunity to make
a field visit relating to cancer treatment, prevention or
research.
The course comprises one single module:
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Module P40205 Tackling Cancer: UK and
International Perspectives
The Management of Cancer
L6
AC 15
S1
Course length: 1 single module
The module explores the nature of cancer and the
impact of the disease on the individual. The module
includes exploring the aetiology and epidemiology of
cancer, and the genetic nature of cancer. It will enable
you to develop detailed knowledge and understanding
of cancer treatments, including targeted therapies and
high-dose therapies, in order to be able to manage
the care of patients receiving cancer treatment. The
module will also enable you to use decision-making
models to support patients and their families in making
decisions about the appropriate treatment of their
cancer. Students must be registered as a healthcare
professional, be employed or have access to a health
care setting that will enable achievement of the learning
outcomes, and have a practice assessor.
The course comprises one single module starting in
September 2017:
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Module U45570 The Management of Cancer
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LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT AND
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
Facilitating Workplace Learning
Clinical and Professional
Leadership
L6
AC 15
L6
Course length: 1 single module
The aim of this module is to explore perspectives on
collaborative and inclusive leadership within health and
social care organisations and services. It aims to help
students apply the propositions of leadership theory to
their own practice environments and to establish which
of the generic leadership approaches and modalities
are most fit for purpose within healthcare organisations.
The module explores a range of different paradigms
and schemas for understanding and analysing
leadership behaviours, decisions and actions and
explores how the leadership practised and experienced
by clinical teams invariably influences the quality of the
healthcare provided.
The course comprises one single module:
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Module U44171 Clinical and Professonal Leadership
in Health and Social Care
Creating Frameworks for
Learning
L7
AC 20
S 1 or 2
Course length: 1 single module
This module offers practising and aspiring educators
an opportunity to broaden their conceptions of what
is meant by learning, teaching, assessment and
curriculum. The module explores approaches to
facilitating learning in a range of learning environments
extending from the formal classroom to the informal
and ad hoc learning environments associated with
practice education. The module concludes with a
practice -focussed assessment in which participants
are encouraged and challenged to find new ways
to create frameworks for learning in their respective
learning environments.
S2
Course Length: 1 single module (3 teaching days over
a period of approximately 3 months)
*Academic Credit: 15 (U44175) or non-credit rated
version (U44176)
Please note: There are now two versions of this course.
An accredited course which carries 15 academic
credits at Level 6, and a non-credit rated course. You
need to confirm with your employer which version
you will be undertaking and complete the relevant
application form.
The module U44175 prepares health and social
care professionals for their respective roles as
mentors (nursing and midwifery), practice educators
(occupational therapists), clinical educators
(physiotherapists), practice teachers/ assessors (social
work and specialist community nurses), and other
facilitators of workplace learning.
Module U44176 prepares nurses and midwives in
Oxfordshire for their roles as mentors.
Supporting and assessing the learning of others in your
workplace is challenging and this module will help you
to be knowledgeable and confident in your approach.
The module also helps you to develop your transferable
skills for supervisory management and work at a senior
level whatever your profession.
Consisting of three teaching days over a period of
approximately three months from January. Places are
allocated on a first come first served basis. Deadline for
applications is in December.
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Successful completion of module U44175 fulfils
professional requirements in the following ways:
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Physiotherapists: will be entitled to ACE
accreditation (Accredited Clinical Educator Status).
Physiotherapists in particular may wish to consider
the APEL route as part of their CPD
•
Occupational therapists: will be eligible for APPLE
accreditation (Accreditation of Practice Placement
Educator)
•
Social workers: meets the ‘enabling others’
component of the specialist level of the PostQualifying Award.
•
Nurses and midwives: meets the NMC (2008)
Standards for Mentor Preparation
•
Successful completion of module U44176 enables
Nurses and Midwives to meet the NMC (2008)
Standards for Mentor Preparation.
The course comprises one single module:
•
AC 15*
S 1 and 2
Module P44410 Creating Frameworks for Learning
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Finance in Health
and Social Care
L7
AC 20
Human Resource Management
in Health and Social Care
S2
Course length: 1 single module
Scarcity of resources is a basic economic problem with
which public service managers charged with resource
management have to contend. The major aim of this
module is to give students a broad understanding
of the broad role played by economics and the
management of finance within the health and social
care sectors. This module explores the different ways in
allocating funds to health and social care organisations,
categories of costs and how each behaves. It also
focuses on the budgetary process to help students
improve their skills as budget holders. Another of its
strengths is that through this module students will
become more confident at negotiating for additional
resources, in working with local development plans and
in developing business plans and business cases.
The course comprises one single module:
•
Module P44813 Finance in Health and Social Care
L7
AC 20
S2
Course length: 1 single module
This module is designed to enable you to explore the
context, theory and application of Human Resource
Management (HRM) within the working environment.
Increasing amounts of evidence from organisations
indicate that line and business managers are being
asked to take on work that was originally the province
of the personnel specialist. This trend has developed
in parallel to the emergence of the HRM approach to
managing people. In response to this, the module will
ask you to think about the way you manage people
in the areas of resourcing, reward, development
and relations, and the policy and practices that your
organisation currently uses. Emphasis is placed on
taking a critical view of procedures and practices,
whilst being able to suggest alternatives. You will also
be provided with the opportunity to critically analyse
HRM theory in its current form and consider its
emergence from other disciplines.
The course comprises one single module:
•
Module P44816 Human Resources Management in
Health and Social Care
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Improving the Quality
of Healthcare
L6
AC 15
S 1 and 2
Course length: 1 short course module (5 taught days).
This practice-focussed orientation will enable health
care professionals to critically explore the conceptual
foundations of quality and governance in the context
of their own working environment. Students will
gain an understanding of the broader theoretical
concepts of quality and clinical governance initiative.
It challenges accepted notions of measuring quality
and performance in complex situations and explores
how practitioners can develop more appropriate and
effective frameworks.
Students are introduced to the complexity of
change management and the dilemmas in achieving
organisational change through clinical governance.
Students are encouraged to critically analyse their own
practice/organisation’s approach to managing quality
improvement within the clinical governance agenda.
The course comprises one single module:
•
Module U44180 Improving the Quality of Healthcare
Informatics in Health and
Social Care
L7
AC 10
S 1 and 2
Course length: half module
This module introduces key concepts and principles
of data handling in relation to service improvement. It
will provide students with data management skills and
introduce them to ‘big data’ within the health and social
care sector. It will cover data management principles,
information governance, data quality, and the practices
and technologies required to enhance service delivery
and improvement. Students will acquire practical skills
in data selection, analysis and presentation with an
introduction into modelling. By the end of the module
students will have augmented their knowledge and
developed their competence as a health or social
care practitioner, service manager or commissioner in:
Strategic and operational decision making; confidence in
selecting, analysing and presenting data; and use of data
for business planning and development.
The course comprises one single module:
•
Module P44824 Informatics for Health and Social
Care
Leadership in Health
and Social Care
L7
AC 20
S1, 2 and 3
Course length: 1 single module
This module is part of the PG Cert/PG Dip/MSc
Management in Health and Social Care and is
acceptable for other programmes. The module
offers you the opportunity to develop and apply the
knowledge, conceptual and practice skills needed to
be an effective leader within health and social care
environments, whether in the public, private and
voluntary sector. Through a range of assessment and
learning opportunities such as seminar/group work
and guided personal study, you will deepen your
awareness of key theories, the research evidence on
leadership practice and its application at a personal,
organisational and inter-organisational level.
This single module is a core module within the PGDip/
MSc Management in Health and Social Care. As
part of the post qualifying framework, this provides
an opportunity for inter-professional learning on
a topic fundamental to health and social care
development and delivery and thus of value not just
to people with an interest in management but also
to practitioners, researchers and developers from a
variety of backgrounds and areas of study. This module
complements other modules on operational, financial
and human resource management as the knowledge
and skills developed here are of generic value in terms
of working alongside and through other people.
The course comprises one single module:
•
Module P44820 Leadership in Health and Social
Care
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Mentorship for Health and Care
Professionals
L7
AC 20
L7
S1
Course length: 1 single module
This inter-professional module supports qualified health
and care professionals to develop their knowledge,
skills and confidence in facilitating and supporting
effective learning, teaching and assessment in the
workplace. The module provides preparation for
nurses, social workers, occupational therapists,
physiotherapists and other professions allied to
medicine who are working towards professional
accreditation as clinical educators, practice teachers,
educators and assessors. The shared principles
of effective learning facilitation will be addressed,
alongside the specific requirements of the relevant
professional bodies in supporting learning and
assessing practice. The module provides mentor
preparation for eligible NMC registrants (enabling
achievement of NMC developmental framework Stage
2 outcomes) and for Midwives preparation for sign-off
mentor status. It also provides the foundation for the
Practice Teacher programme for Specialist Community
Public Health Nurses but is not a prerequisite.
The course comprises one single module:
•
Operational Management
in Health and Social Care
Module P49218 Mentorship for Health and Care
Professionals
AC 20
S1
Course length: 1 single module
This single module addresses all aspects of day to day
management in health and social care organisations.
You will examine difficult and challenging situations
from your own practice area and devise an internal
consultancy paper recommending service improvements.
This will provide you with the opportunity to develop and
consolidate your management knowledge and skills.
The course comprises one single module:
•
Module P44811 Operational Management in Health
and Social Care
Planning and Managing
Clinical Trials
L7
AC 20
S 1 or 2
Course Length: 1 single module
This course is designed for those whose work
involves them in clinical trials or who wish to become
involved in such work. It provides training in line with
the relevant European directives on clinical trials for
drugs and Good Clinical Practice (GCP). It offers an
opportunity for you to gain an understanding of the
principles of planning and managing clinical trials
on human volunteers. You will be able to explore
and apply relevant knowledge and skills to your own
working environment. The module uses a blended
learning approach which includes a detailed workbook
supplemented by electronic learning materials. This
interactive learning is supported by Brookes Virtual
Learning Environment.
The course comprises one single module:
•
Module P46650 Planning and Managing Clinical
Trials
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Professional Education
in Practice
L7
AC 40
Service Improvement in Health
and Social Care
S 1 and 2
L7
AC 10
S 1 and 2
Course Length: 1 double module
Course Length: half module
The module provides you with an opportunity to use
your motivation and autonomy to negotiate a creative
programme of learning activities. Action learning
circles provide a safe and supportive environment in
which to reflect on your placement experiences and
to analyse critical incidents in the light of theoretical
concepts. Further support is provided through teaching
observations and tutorials.
This module focuses on service design and
development looking at organisational systems and
their behaviours in the health and social care sector. It
develops insight and understanding of the complexities
of introducing innovation within systems and working
across organisational / agency boundaries. The module
will introduce students to principles of system analysis
and dynamics, looking at capacity and flow, mapping
and identifying value streams and process design to
optimise system performance and outcomes. It is run
over 3 half-day workshops and is supported by on-line
resources that guide your approach.
The course comprises one double module:
•
Module P44412 Professional Education in Practice
The course comprises one single module:
•
Module P44823 Service Improvement in Health and
Social Care
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Supervision in Health and
Social Care
L7
AC 10
Teaching in Higher Professional
Education
S2
Course Length: half module
This module is based on a deep understanding of
the current research and best practice in supervision
and aims to enable professional staff, leaders and
managers to : Explore the context of supervision and
the ‘positions’ of different disciplines on the functions
and roles in supervision and their application. Identify
common threads with regard to the underlying
principles of supervision drawing on the available
theory and research/evidence base from a breadth
of (UK and International) sources. Apply theory and
research to practice through testing out supervision
models and skills, checking personal style and
practicing contracting.Participants also address
organisational factors for supervision and their
implication for the partipant for enhancing supervision
and improving client outcomes. It is run over 3 halfday workshops and is supported by on-line resources
to improve your skills.
L7
AC 40
S 1, 2 and 3
Course length: 1 double module
This is a challenging, double practice-based module,
spread over a year, during which educational
placements provide opportunities for exploring,
analysing and developing the following three themes:
•
professional practice as a teacher/facilitator
•
understanding of the learner’s experience
•
knowledge of educational organisation,
management and quality enhancement
The module provides a rich opportunity for course
members to use their motivation and autonomy to
negotiate a creative programme of learning activities.
Action Learning Circles provide a safe and supportive
environment in which to reflect on the placement
experiences and to analyse critical incidents in the light
of theoretical concepts. Further support is provided
through teaching observations and tutorials.
The course comprises one single module:
The course comprises one single module:
•
•
Module P44821 Supervision in Health and Social
Care
Module P44400 Teaching in Higher Professional
Education
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PUBLIC HEALTH AND COMMUNITY
Communicable Diseases and
Public Health
L7
AC 20
S2
Course length: 1 single module
This practice-focused module will examine the history,
causes and epidemiology of communicable diseases
from a broad public health perspective. Associated
morbidity and mortality, both nationally and globally,
will be considered together with trends in established
and emerging infections. Methods to prevent
and control infection will be discussed, including
surveillance, screening and vaccination strategies.
Practitioners will have the opportunity to increase their
knowledge and understanding of the legal and ethical
aspects of public health practice.
This course comprises of one single module.
•
Module P44615 Communicable Diseases and
Public Health
Community UpSkilling
Programme (CUSP)
Please note: This programme carries no academic
credit.
Course length: delivered over a four-week period
usually consisting of seven taught days and a selfdirected workbook which has been designed to help
you prepare for the taught sessions.
The programme is multidisciplinary and designed
to meet the needs of a wide range of practitioners
working within the primary care setting including
nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists
and others who require an opportunity for rapid
skills updating and a stepping stone to enable them
to embark on more advanced roles and further
studies. On completion of the programme, you will
have an understanding of the techniques of physical
examination, taking a detailed history from a patient,
and be confident with the decision making process
regarding treatment and/or referral of clients.
Interested applicants will need to have their manager’s
support for the course and have secured funding from
their employing trust before applying to the university.
For students who wish to self-fund please contact the
Programme Administrator.
This programme carries no academic credit. However,
for students completing the programme through Oxford
Brookes University, accreditation at undergraduate
or postgraduate level can be gained at the end of the
programme by registering on the university’s Workbased Learning Module (see p29).
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Dementia in Context for Health
and Social Care
L7
AC 10
S2
Course length: half module
This is a practice related module designed to address
some of the core knowledge, skills and attitudes
required of the health and social care professional
working with people living with dementia in a range of
health and social care settings. Students will consider
systematically and creatively the experience of the
person, the impact on families and carers, related
ethical, legal, social, political and environmental issues
and develop new knowledge and interpretation and
practical strategies for assessing and responding to the
needs of the person living with dementia.The course
comprises one single module:
•
Module P40112 Dementia in Context for Health and
Social Care
Independent and Supplementary
Prescribing for AHPs (V300)
Health Promotion
L6
L7
AC 15
AC 20
L 6 or 7
S2
Course length: 1 single module
These courses are designed for those with an interest
in engaging with individuals, organisations and
communities in addressing health behaviour and
lifestyle issues. Course content focuses upon the
principles of health promotion practice as well as
advanced academic content. Course activities engage
students in planning programmes of interventions for
individuals and groups. The modules run in semester 2
and are taught either through face to face seminars as
well as using ‘Brookes Virtual’ online learning system.
• L6 - Module U46371 Health Promotion (online /
alternate years)
• L7 - Module P44614 Advanced Health Promotion
AC 30 or 40
S 1 or 2
Course length: 1 double module: 12 taught days and
14 e-learning days. Students are also required to
complete a minimum of 12 days (90 hours) supervised
practice.
This blended learning course provides a programme
of preparation for Registered Chiropodist/Podiatrist
or Physiotherapists to develop the knowledge and
skills required in order to practice as a safe, effective
and competent Non-Medical Prescriber who is able to
provide a high professional standard of care and be
accountable for that care.
The course can be taken at Level 6:
• U46376 Independent and Supplementary
Prescribing for AHP
Or Level 7:
• Module P44051 Independent and Supplementary
Prescribing for AHP
Independent Prescribing
Conversion Course for AHPs (V300)
L7
AC 10
S 1 or 2
The Independent Prescribing Conversion Course for
AHPs (V300) provides a programme of preparation
for chiropodist/podiatrist and physiotherapist’s
currently annotated on the relevant HCPC register
as a Supplementary Prescriber (V300) to develop the
knowledge and skills to practice as an Independent
Prescriber. The course is a half module., P44052
Other study options:
•
Community Practitioner Nurse Prescriber (v150)
•
Non-Medical Prescribing (v300)
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Non-Medical Prescribing (v300)
L6
L7
AC 30
AC 40
S 1 or 2
Course Length: 1 double module: 12 taught and 14
e-learning days. Students are also required to complete
a minimum of 12 days (84 hours) supervised practice.
The Non-Medical Prescribing (V300) blended learning
course provides a programme of preparation for
registered nurses and midwives to prescribe safely and
competently as an independent and supplementary
prescriber.
The course introduces pharmacology, legal and ethical
prescribing, interpersonal skills and quality assurance
aspects of prescribing. These are underpinned by
reflection on your own experience, evaluation of your
own performance and application of theory to practice.
It also enables participants to be aware of current
developments within non-medical prescribing in the UK.
The course comprises one double module Level 6 (Hons)
•
Module U46373 Non-Medical Prescribing (v300)
Or Level 7
•
Module P44050 Non-Medical Prescribing (v300)
Other study options
•
Community Practitioner Nurse Prescriber (v150)
short course at post-qualifying level
•
Community Practitioner Nurse Prescriber short
courses at postgraduate level (v100 or v150)
•
Non-Medical Prescribing (v300) short course at
postgraduate level
•
Postgraduate Certificate in Non-Medical
Prescribing long award bearing course at
postgraduate level
•
Independent and Supplementary Prescribing for
AHPs (V300)
•
Independent Prescribing Conversion Course for
AHPs (V300)
Psychosocial Care of Children,
Adolescents and their Families
L6
L7
AC 30
AC 20
S2
Course Length: 1 double module
This course is designed to enhance the skills of
health and social care professionals in managing
emotional and behavioural difficulties in children,
adolescents and their families. This course will
develop your understanding of the psychosocial needs
that are expressed through a child’s behaviour and
emotions, and your ability to identify and implement
ways of managing them. This course focuses on the
comprehensive assessment of a child or adolescent
within the family. This informs all interventions, and the
recognition of professional expertise and boundaries.
In order for you to effectively integrate theory and its
application to your own practice, you will need to be
working as a practitioner in a health or social care
setting with babies, children and/or adolescents with
access to families.
The course can be taken at Level 6:
• Module U41372 Psychosocial Care of Children,
Adolescents and their Families
Or Level 7:
• Module P40503 Psychosocial Care of Children,
Adolescents and their Families
Foundations in Public Health
L7
AC 20
S1
Course length: 1 single module
The course will appeal to those involved in public
health preventive services, as well as those in the wider
fields of public health, health policy, advocacy, social
work, epidemiology, health and social care, teaching
and community development. Course content explores
historic and current trends in public health, with an
emphasis on the reduction of health inequalities and
the causes of premature death through pre-emptive
action. This essential knowledge and skills underpin
public health theory and practice within a global
contemporary context.
The course comprises one single module:
•
Module P44611 Foundations in Public Health
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SPORT AND ALLIED HEALTH
Disability: Individual and Global
Perspectives
L7
AC 20
S2
Exercise Prescription for LongTerm Neurological Conditions
(REPS 4)
L7
Course Length: 1 single module
A module which gives students opportunity to critically
explore the nature and experience of disability using a
variety of models. Students will critically analyse these
models, using them to examine the socio-political and
economic environments with a view to understanding
how these may foster dependency and limit the roles
of disabled people. There will be an opportunity to
consider the ways in which healthcare professionals
interact with ‘people with a disability’, their carers and
their environment in order to promote positive health
outcomes. (Students will be able to reflect on their
own practice, making creative/innovative responses
to complex and challenging situations which disabled
people face.)
The course comprises one single module:
•
Module P40613 Disability: Individual and Global
Perspectives
AC 20
S1 or 2
Course Length: Six months
Your opportunity to gain a Register for Exercise
Professionals Level 4 accreditation for exercise
prescription for long-term neurological conditions.
This course (P16511) is fully endorsed by Skills Active.
The course is made up of 5 units covering different
neurological conditions and how to instruct exercise for
rehabilitation benefit.
The course lasts SIX months and involves both
distance learning and TWO clinical weekends at Oxford
Brookes University.
There is on-line support throughout the duration of the
course and weekly support sessions where a tutor will
be available.
In total it involves 200 hours of student study time.
The clinical weekends are compulsory to gaining the
qualification.
It is suited for both health care professionals and
fitness professionals who have REPS 3 accreditation.
The course covers the following topics:
•
Nervous system, muscle and trauma
•
Fitness principles and musculoskeletal comorbidities
•
•
Neurological Conditions
- Acquired Brain Injury
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Neuromuscular Disorders
Lifestyle and behaviour modification change
•
Prescription, programming and rehabilitation
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Functional Recovery from
Stroke (blended learning)
L7
AC 20
Paediatric Neurodisability
Rehabilitation
L7
S2
AC 20
S2
Course Length: 1 single module
Course Length: 1 single module
A new course from the Centre of Rehabilitation for
healthcare and exercise professionals designed by
leading researchers, clinicians and charities in stroke
rehabilitation, the course is designed to be stand alone
or to complement the existing Exercise Prescription for
Long-Term Neurological Conditions course
The focus of this course is on the rehabilitation needs
of children with life-long neurological problems such as
cerebral palsy or after brain injury.
This course is fully endorsed by Skills Active and is for
anyone with an interest in rehabilitation after stroke,
including healthcare and exercise professionals who
would like to learn more about exercise prescription
for stroke survivors and the evidence underpinning
rehabilitation approaches.
The course is made up of 6 units covering:
1. Brain structure/function and the pathophysiology
stroke
2. Exercise prescription for stroke survivors
3. Muscle physiology and metabolism and changes
after stroke
4. Latest research in exercise and rehabilitation
for stroke, underpinned by brain plasticity as
evidenced by MRI imaging.
5. Behaviour and behaviour change
6. The Care pathway following acute stroke and the
recommendations and quality standards relating to
stroke rehabilitation
Delivery of materials is through on-line support learning
with 2 weekends of lectures workshops and practical’s
over a 13 week period.
Course comprises one single module: P40614:
Functional Recovery from Stroke (Compulsory for MSc
Exercise Rehabilitation)
It will inform on issues relating to the aetiology,
pathology, diagnosis and management of children
and young people with life-long neurological problems
and neurodisability, translated into the common
terminology of the ICF-Children and Young People. You
will be provided with the opportunity to integrate your
knowledge regarding typical child development and
consider the impact of atypical neurological functioning
on motor, sensory, socio-emotional, communicative
and cognitive performance with emphasis on the
interaction of the individual, task and environment.
Core knowledge of paediatric neurodisability will
be expanded with consideration to evidence-based
treatment approaches and models of service delivery.
Course comprises one single module:
•
Module P40615: Paediatric Neurodisability
Rehabilitation (Compulsory for MSc Paediatric
Neurological Rehabilitation)
Please note that
credits gained from
any of our CPD
courses can be
used towards the
Open Award degree
programme (p29)
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Physiological Bases to
Musculoskeletal and
Neurological Rehabilitation
(blended learning)
L7
AC 20
S1
Course Length: 1 single module
The aim of this course is to enable you to deepen
your understanding of the application of the
anatomical, physiological and pathophysiological
bases underpinning either musculoskeletal or
neurological rehabilitation. You will be provided with
the opportunity to develop further understanding of the
organisation and functioning of neuro-musculoskeletal
structures and then to focus more specifically on
either musculoskeletal or neurological practice. Core
knowledge of these areas will be expanded providing a
functional and clinical relevance to clinical reasoning.
Course comprises one single module:
•
P40611: Physiological Bases to Musculoskeletal
and Neurological Rehabilitation (Compulsory for
MSc Rehabilitation: all pathways).
Physiotherapy Study Days
We are pleased to offer CPD study days for qualified
practising physiotherapists or those working towards
HPC re-registration. The sessions can be tailored
to cover a wide range of subjects, with delegates
attending one or more study days. Topics can include:
•
Assessment and Treatment using Mobilisation with
Movement (MWM)
•
Assessment and Treatment using the McKenzie
Method
•
Cardiorespiratory for the Non-respiratory
Physiotherapist
•
Neurology – the Management of Parkinson’s Disease
•
Therapy Management of Chronic Respiratory Disease
•
An Introduction to Myofascial Release
Please contact the CPD Unit for more details.
Rehabilitation 1
L6
AC 30
S 1 and 2
Course Length: 2 single modules
This course is designed for health and social care
professionals who are working in an area where
rehabilitation is a focus, who wish to develop their
understanding and knowledge of the key concepts and
theories of rehabilitation and disability. The course will
enable you to consider the implications of these key
concepts and theories for your client/patient group.
In terms of enhancing your career opportunities, with
increased knowledge and skills you will be better
prepared for increased responsibility and autonomy
as a rehabilitation practitioner and in supporting
individuals with a disability.
The course comprises of two single (s) modules:
•
Module U48370 Rehabilitation, Concepts,
Theories, and Practical Applications (s)
•
Module U48371 Disability: The Nature and
Experience (s)
This course is appropriate for a wide range of health
and social care professionals (for example nurses,
occupational therapists, physiotherapists, orthoptists,
osteopaths, chiropractors and social carers). It is
particularly suited to those who are working with older
people and people who have experienced stroke;
traumatic brain injury; chronic illness; learning disability;
psychiatric illness; orthopaedic or physical disability.
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Rehabilitation: Application
of the ICF (blended or online
learning)
L7
AC 20
Supporting People with
Long-Term Neurological
Conditions
L7
S1
AC 20
S2
Course Length: 1 single module
Course Length: 1 single module
The focus of this course is on the WHO ICF
classifications (International Classification of
Functioning, Disability and Health: ICF, and the ICF
for Children and Youth: ICF-CY). You will have the
opportunity to critically examine these classifications
in relation to other rehabilitation theories and models
and to examine personal, professional, cultural and
international perspectives. Considering the implications
of the ICF and the ICF-CY for rehabilitation practice is
a key focus as well as critical appraisal of the evidence
base underpinning these classifications and related
theories and models.
This course has been developed with the MS, PD and
MND societies and enables specialist and rehabilitation
practitioners to explore long-term neurological
conditions such as Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s
Disease or Motor Neurone Disease.
Course comprises one single module:
•
P40610: Rehabilitation: Application of the ICF
Students are enabled to enhance their practice in this
area by developing their knowledge and ability to work
in partnership with individuals, their families and carers
experiencing the impact of such a condition. You will
have the opportunity to centre your attention on the
neurological condition you focus on in your practice.
Learning will include generating an awareness of the
variability and unpredictability of the physical and
psychosocial effects of these conditions and how this
can impact on every aspect of the lives of all involved.
Current research into the management of people with
long-term neurological conditions will be critically
evaluated with a quest for ‘best practice’. The ICF
(WHO 2001) will be used as a framework for this
module to enable a bio-psychosocial approach.
Course comprises one single module:
•
Rehabilitation Research Design
and Methods (blended learning)
P40616: Supporting People with Long Term
Progressive Neurological Conditions (Acceptable
for MSc Rehabilitation: all pathways).
The Evidence Base of
Rehabilitation Practice
(blended learning)
L7
L7
AC 20
AC 20
S1
S 1 or 2
Course Length: 1 single module
Course Length: 1 single module
This course aims to advance rehabilitation
professional’s knowledge of rehabilitation research
design and research methods. It provides an overview
of methodologies and methods commonly used to
advance rehabilitation practice. A focus of the course
is on research training in different research methods
used to explore aspects of rehabilitation practice. You
will have the opportunity to attend practical workshops
on conducting systematic literature reviews; analysing
statistical data; collecting and analysing qualitative
data; research governance and ethics. This course is
appropriate for rehabilitation researchers embarking on
a PhD or research project.
Course comprises one single module:
•
This module gives rehabilitation professionals working
in an area the opportunity to explore the evidence base
for rehabilitation in depth, specifically relating to their
clinical area of interest. The emphasis of this module
is on critical analysis of theoretical frameworks and
paradigms underlying current rehabilitation practice,
the implications for future developments in this field
and management of the complex issues embedded in
patient care. You will be expected to critically evaluate
current literature and reflect upon your own clinical
practice in relation to the available evidence.
Course comprises one single module:
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P40612: The Evidence Base of Rehabilitation
Practice
Module P40617: Rehabilitation Research Design
and Methods (Compulsory for MSc Rehabilitation)
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BIOSCIENCE
Advanced Molecular
Techniques
L7
AC 20
Functional Genomics and
Research Skills
S1
L7
AC 20
S1
Course length: 1 short course module
Course length: 1 short course module
This module will introduce basic concepts of Molecular
Biology such as DNA structure, DNA replication, DNA
mutation and repair, gene expression, different ‘omics’
(genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics
etc). Many of these concepts have been exploited by
scientists to derive techniques such as DNA cloning,
PCR, quantitative PCR, microarrays, RNA interference,
all of which forms of a fundamental basis for studying
biological processes as well as various aspects
of human disease. There will be laboratory-based
practical session involving PCR, DNA cloning and
quanititative PCR to study the expression of genes in
two different cell lines.
The aim of this module is to enable students to gain
the knowledge and understanding required to critically
interpret existing genomic research and develop the
skills to formulate their own research questions as
well as to collect, analyse and interpret their data
using a basic range of statistical and bioinformatics
techniques. Skills learned in this module will help in
development of a research proposal that will form the
basis of the students’ research project.
Course comprises one single short course module:
Genome Science
•
Module P10101 Advanced Molecular Techniques
Course comprises one single short course module:
•
L7
Advances in Medical Genetics
L7
AC 20
S2
Course length: 1 short course module
This module will address the cutting edge technologies
and menthods in medical genetics that is starting
to cross into medicine such as Personal Genomes,
Big Data, Genomics England, Biomarker diagnosis,
Personalised medicine, Data Analysis software, patient
surrogate treatment models, self-monitoringand
infectious diseases evolution.
Course comprises one single short course module:
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Module P10115 Advances in Medical Genetics
AC 20
S2
The module examines the current trends in highthroughput genome sequencing methods and
strategies for sequence assembly. The relationship
between genome structure and protein function will
be studied in detail through the use of a wide range
of bioinformatics tools. The practical element of this
module consists of weekly bioinformatics workshops.
Course comprises one single short course module:
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Module P10102 Genome Science
Healthcare Energy, Water and
Waste Reduction in Practice
L7
S2
AC 20
Course length: 1 short course module
Clinical Genetics and
Diagnostics
L7
Module P10113 Functional Genomics and
Research Skills
AC 20
S 1 and 2
Course length: 1 short course module (5 taught days)
Course comprises one single short course module:
This short course module is designed for those
interested in reducing the environmental impacts of
energy, water, and waste in the healthcare sector.
Content focuses on effects from impacts, identifying
areas of reduction, and integrating changes to make
improvements without compromising healthcare
service delivery. Other benefits such as cost savings
and improved community health will also be explored.
•
Course comprises one single short course module:
Course length: 1 short course module
This module offers the opportunity to study how
genomic technologies can be used to identify,
characterise and diagnose specific disease. This will be
achieved by focusing on specific classes of disorder..
Module P10114 Clinical Genetics and Diagnostics
•
Module P10000 Environmental Management of
Utilities
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Infection Prevention and Control
L7
AC 20
S2
Course length: 1 single module
This course will enable you to develop a sound
knowledge and understanding of the complexity of
infection prevention and control. It will be applicable
to students working in acute, community, pre-hospital,
aged care, hospices and the mental health sector.
Influential factors such as clinical governance, risk
assessment and management and implementing
change will be included. This will enable practitioners
to make informed decisions that address the many
factors that will influence outcomes.
Course comprises one single short course module:
•
Molecular Basis of Human
Genetic Disease
Module P44617 Infection Prevention and Control
L7
AC 20
S1
Course length: 1 short course module
This module will look at the molecular pathology of a
number of monogenic and polygenic diseases using
experimental evidence, with the aim of understanding
how changes at a genetic level result in the disease
phenotype. Monogenic diseases to cover include:
blood diseases (sickle cell/thalssaemia/haemophilia)
hypertension (Liddle’s), CF, and Marfan’s. Polygenic
diseases to cover: diabetes, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s,
Schizophrenia, cardiovascular disease, and cancer.
Course comprises one single short course module:
•
Module P10112 Molecular Basis of Human Genetic
Disease
Introduction to Microbiology
and Immunology
L7
AC 20
S1
Course length: 1 single module
This course will introduce you to the agents of infection
and infectious diseases. Specimen collection and
laboratory culture methods will be included. The
body’s natural response to infection and the action of
antimicrobials will be fully explored. The development
of antimicrobial resistance and associated concerns
will be discussed and related to the global situation.
This module will assist your understanding of how and
why infection occurs and how it may be prevented.
Course comprises one single short course module:
•
Module P44618 Introduction to Microbiology and
Immunology
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POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES
We offer a wide range of postgraduate (master’s) courses:
■■ Adult Nursing (Pre-registration) (MSc)
■■ Advanced Nursing Practice (Clinical) (PGCert / PGDip / MSc)
■■ Advanced Practice (Clinical) (PGCert / PGDip / MSc)
■■ Applied Human Nutrition (PGDip / MSc)
■■ Applied Sport and Exercise Nutrition (PGDip / MSc)
■■ Cancer Studies (PGCert / PGDip / MSc)
■■ Children’s Nursing (Pre-registration) (MSc)
■■ Child Welfare and Wellbeing (Distance Learning) (PGCert / PGDip / MSc)
■■ Community Children’s Nursing (PGDip)
■■ Community Nursing in the Home / District Nursing (PGDip)
■■ Infection Prevention and Control (PGCert / PGDip / MSc)
■■ Higher Professional Education (PGCert / PGDip / MSc)
■■ Management in Health and Social Care (PGCert / PGDip / MSc)
■■ Medical Genetics & Genomics (PGCert / PGDip / MSc)
■■ Mental Health Nursing (Pre-registration) (MA)
■■ Midwifery (Pre-registration) (MSc)
■■ Nursing Studies (Leadership in Clinical Practice) (Distance Learning or Mixed Mode)
(PGCert / PGDip / MSc)
■■ Occupational Therapy (Pre-registration) (MSc)
■■ Physiotherapy (Pre-registration) (MSc)
■■ Psychology (PGCert / PGDip / MSc)
■■ Psychology (Qualifying Certificate)
■■ Public Health (PGCert / PGDip / MSc)
■■ Rehabilitation (PGCert / PGDip / MSc)
■■ Social Work (PGDip / MA)
■■ Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (PGDip) (NMC)
■■ Health Sciences Open Award (BSc / PGCert / PGDip / MSc)
Please note that most modules that make up the post-qualifying and postgraduate courses
can be taken as stand-alone modules.
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HEALTH SCIENCES OPEN AWARD
The Health Sciences Open Award enables you to build up credit towards an undergraduate Honours
degree or a postgraduate certificate, diploma or master’s. All of the modules listed in this CPD brochure
are potentially available in the open award (a minority have special requirements and pre-requisites) and
as an Open Award student you have considerable freedom to build your own degree in line with your
professional interests and development needs.
Open Award students work with their Academic Advisor and Subject Coordinator to agree a programme
of study that is appropriate for them and which meets the relevant sector standards. At undergraduate
level, you may opt for one of our eight pre-defined routes of Pre-hospital care; Perioperative Care;
Health and Social Care; Palliative Care (attended or distance learning); Midwifery; Nursing; Cancer Care
Nursing; or choose the entirely open route. At PG Cert, PG Dip and master’s level all students follow the
open route, negotiating a programme relevant for their practice.
Programme Structure
■■ To complete an MSc Health Sciences Open Award, you will need to complete 180 credits, and these
must include a dissertation and a research design module.
■■ To complete a PGDip, you will need to complete 120 credits
■■ To complete a PGCert, you will need to complete 60 credits. This may include some study at other
institutions or that you have already completed (please enquire for details).
Module Content
You can study modules focused on clinical topics (e.g. on advanced clinical practice; nurse prescribing;
advanced communication and patient assessment skills) and on professional development topics (e.g.
leadership; operational management; learning and teaching in clinical settings). You can also follow your
own interests and professional development needs in the ‘open shell’ modules Independent Study and
Work-based Learning.
All of our courses adopt a student-centred approach to teaching and learning and are strongly focused
on encouraging you to attain your full potential as lifelong learners. You can study with us part-time or
full-time (some modules require you to be working in a relevant setting) and there is a range of support
mechanisms for students, including academic advisers, who will facilitate your academic development,
and student support co-ordinators, who provide a drop-in service for queries about any aspect of
student life, covering both academic and personal welfare.
WORK-BASED LEARNING
This ‘open shell’ module is a highly flexible means of gaining academic recognition for
workplace learning activities and building credit towards an honours or master’s degree.
Study for the module begins with a negotiated learning contract in which students
undertake to reflect on and evaluate a planned or completed work-based learning
project (such as a service improvement project; an education and training initiative; or a
workplace intervention / innovation. The work submitted for assessment typically involves
a work-based learning portfolio comprising a written reflection of up to 3,000 words, a
copy of the signed learning contract; and indicative and illustrative materials deriving from
the project.
The module is available at academic levels 6 and 7 and as a single or double module,
completed over one or two semesters.
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CONTACT US
To book places, or for more information on any of our post-qualifying or postgraduate courses
please contact the Programme Administration team:
T: +44 (0)1865 482779
E: [email protected]
W: www.hls.brookes.ac.uk
To discuss ways in which we can tailor our CPD provision to meet the needs of you or your
employer contact the CPD and Training Unit:
T: +44 (0)1865 482683
E: [email protected]
For more information on research degree opportunities contact:
W: www.oxinahr.com
E: [email protected]
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Oxford Brookes is committed to the principle of equality. Our policies and practices promote
equality of opportunity for all who study, work and visit our community. We seek to make the
university an inclusive place to work and study and welcome applications from all sections of
the community and from people at all stages of their life.
To find out more see www.brookes.ac.uk/services/hr/eod or contact the HR Team &
Business Partnership Manager (Equal Opportunity and Diversity) +44 (0) 1865 485929.
All information is correct at the time of going to press and is subject to change. Please refer to
the University’s website for the most up-to-date details.
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Oxford Brookes University
Headington Campus
Jack Straw’s Lane, Marston
Oxford OX3 0FL
and
Gipsy Lane
Oxford OX3 0BP
18 August 2016
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